Chapter 535: The Battle of Shuofang (2)

The soldiers, from the corner of the collapsed wall, rushed in.

In the city, it has long been a mess. There were countless ruins, and the ground was covered with crumbling houses and burning wood. There are countless large craters blown out by the cannonballs in the streets, and next to the big pits, the charred black soil looks a little dazzling in the rising morning light. Looking up, there was not a single intact house in the entire Shuofang City. Only wisps of black smoke rose from the burning house, and then slowly rose into the sky.

On the streets, you can occasionally see a few Turkic women who survived the shelling. They walked barefoot in the frost-covered ruins with the weeping child in their arms, in ragged clothes. From time to time, he bent down and laboriously moved the stones and wooden blocks away with one hand, as if he was looking for something, or perhaps someone.

Occasionally, from under the countless wolves, some food, masked women would be found, like hungry wolves, ignoring the soil on the dried meat, gobbling them into their mouths. until he choked and rolled his eyes.

In his arms, the baby who was waiting to be fed was crying, and the crisp crying sound echoed for a long time in the ruins of gunsmoke.

A woman standing barefoot in the middle of the street, meeting behind her, had just stuffed a hard tortilla into her mouth, and after chewing two bites, she suddenly raised her head and looked ahead.

The woman didn't seem to feel the coldness under her feet, so she stood in place stupidly, looking at the oncoming group of troops with swords, and forgot to scream and run away for a while. There is no fear in the eyes, and there is no emotion. Mu Ran watched the soldiers appear. Subconsciously, the woman stood aside and watched the soldier walk past her.

On her back was a little boy of three or four years old with a dirty tiger hat. The little guy didn't seem to care about the affairs of the adults at all, and at this time, he was holding a piece of blackened cake with his dirty little hands, and biting hard.

The women watched as the soldiers came and went, passed by, and left.

From beginning to end, there was not the slightest wave in her eyes.

Suddenly, there was a fight ahead.

The woman, who was about to lower her head and bend down to continue looking for food, raised her head and looked in the direction where the sound of fighting came.

I saw the soldiers walking in front of them, suddenly pulled out their knives and rushed into a dilapidated house on the side of the road, after a sound of fighting was heard inside. The soldiers, covered in blood, walked out with a Turkic soldier who was crying and begging for mercy.

The Turkic soldier, who was being dragged like a dead dog, seemed to have been frightened, his eyes were full of fear, and his whole body trembled.

With a thud, the soldier was thrown into a clearing. Then, more than a dozen soldiers in black armor surrounded the Turkic soldier in the center.

Several people glanced at the Turkic soldier who was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, and discussed his life and death with a look of embarrassment. Sometimes he shook his head and frowned.

Standing in the distance, the woman who was scavenging suddenly burst into flames after seeing the Turkic soldier who was surrounded in the center. A piece of dried meat that had just been found in the ruins also fell from his hand and fell to the ground.

On his back, the little boy who was waiting to eat meat cried after seeing this scene.

The woman looked at the man as if she didn't notice.

Suddenly, as if she was crazy, the woman bent down and picked up a stone, and rushed towards the black-armored soldiers with bare feet, stepping on the sharp gravel on the ground, as if she was crazy.

Several black-armored soldiers saw the woman rushing over, especially after seeing the woman holding a stone in her hand. Suddenly, his whole body tensed, and his eyes were full of vigilance.

Among them, one of the soldiers has already raised his hand crossbow. 、

Just as he was about to pull the trigger, a soldier next to him reached out and pressed his hand. He shook his head slightly at the soldier holding the crossbow machine. Then he left the Turkic soldier, who was kneeling on the ground, trembling and waiting for death, and left silently with his companion.

The woman wept, rushed to the kneeling Turk, fell to the ground with a thud, hugged the man and wept bitterly.

The soldiers who entered the city, under the command of the officers, began to repair the city defenses. A team of ten people walked back and forth on the city wall, carrying stones to fill the wall that had been blown down by shells.

Although the city is very messy, the movements of the soldiers are still orderly. Extinguishing fires, transporting, and the shadows of busy soldiers can be seen everywhere in Shuofang City.

Most of the glorious city lord's mansion in the past has been blown down, and the only three intact houses that remain are also a little embarrassed under the smoke and flames of gunfire.

Lu Heng sat on a stone in the square, and after taking a look at the dilapidated City Lord's Mansion, he moved his gaze to the city.

The city lord's mansion is on a high ground, especially this small square, which is not very small, and there is no obstruction around it. Sitting here, you can clearly see all corners of the city.

However, after the war, Shuofang City obviously has nothing to look at.

In addition to the billowing smoke of gunpowder, it is full of devastation and wretchedness.

Not far away, Ah Gui squatted there, holding a straw stick in his hand, playing with a group of ants who came out to bask in the sun. Zhou Yafu, who is childlike at heart, squatted beside Ah Gui and watched with relish as Ah Gui played with a group of ants.

The soldiers went in and out of the City Lord's Mansion, and Qin Shihu was standing there, with his waist crossed, like an eighth woman standing on the street, commanding the soldiers.

A short time later, a herald approached.

He first glanced at the boring movements of these bigwigs, and seemed a little puzzled. After scratching his head and laughing, he walked straight to Lu Heng's side, and saluted: "Military advisor, the brothers caught a woman in a private house, it seems to be like frost!" ”

Lu Heng turned his head, glanced at him, and said lightly: "How is she now?" ”

"Crazy!" The herald said with a wry smile.

"When the brothers found her, she was crying and laughing like crazy, and if it weren't for that, the brothers wouldn't have found her!" The herald recalled the situation at the time, smashed his mouth, and said with a look of regret.

Lu Heng's face was expressionless, and after thinking for a while, he slowly stood up, and after taking a look at the devastation in the city, he asked lightly, "Where is she?" ”

"Down there!" The soldier pointed to a private house under the square and said lightly.

Lu Heng looked in the direction pointed by the soldiers, only outside the small private house leaning against the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, a woman dressed in gorgeous clothes and wearing a disheveled hair was sitting there, looking at the sun in the sky above her in a daze.

After looking at it for a while, Lu Heng turned his head and asked the soldier, "Crazy?" ”。

"Hmm!" The herald nodded and said with a wry smile: "When he arrested her, several brothers were scratched by him!" When he saw the knife, he didn't dodge, but rushed straight up. The brothers were so scared that they didn't dare to do it! ”

"Oh!" After Lu Heng let out a faint sigh, he quietly looked at the woman who was sitting in the sun for a while, and Wen Wen was quiet at this time. After retracting his gaze, he thought about it and said lightly: "Send someone to take good care of it, eat and wear, and try to be satisfied!" No one else is allowed to approach! ”

"Why don't you go and have a look?" The herald took the liberty of asking.

has been by Lu Heng's side for a long time, and the herald also knows some of the relationship between Lu Heng and this concubine back then.

"Mouthy!" Lu Heng glared at him and said lightly.

The herald was reprimanded, but he smiled, but he didn't mention what he had just said.

In the early morning, the dawn is slightly dewed.

The sun shone throughout Shuofang City.

The cold wind blew, bringing with it the coldness of the frost, and the smell of burnt firewood in the air.

Lu Heng rubbed his face, took a deep breath, and stood up with his knees.

"Agui, General Zhou! Stop playing, let's go! Lu Heng stretched out his hand, slapped the patched robe on his body, and after calling up the two old naughty boys who were playing with ants, he walked towards Beicheng.

Behind them, Ah Gui and Zhou Yafu rubbed their frozen red noses, hurriedly got up, and caught up with Lu Heng.

"In this battle, our army wiped out more than 50,000 Turkic generals, and about 40,000 prisoners, and our army only suffered less than 3,000 casualties, which is really a great victory!" Walking along the way, Zhou Yafu smiled and reported the results of this battle to Lu Heng, and there was no lack of excitement in his words: "In this battle, the Turks can be greatly injured. The north, which had been plagued by war for a hundred years, was finally able to settle down. ”

"Wouldn't that be the case that we could all go down in history?" On the side, Qin Shihu asked excitedly.

"Of course!" Zhou Yafu said with great interest, full of spirits.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that my old Qin could also go down in history!" Qin Shihu smashed his mouth, his eyes full of excitement. As he spoke, he clenched his fists vigorously, looking extremely excited.

Qin Shihu and Zhou Yafu talked all the way and moved forward.

Lu Heng listened to the conversation between the two old generals and smiled slightly, but did not intervene to join.

The group walked along the potholed streets to the bottom of the northern city.

In the northern city, the crown prince wearing a suit of armor was sitting under the city tower, watching the generals methodically command the soldiers to defend the city wall.

After hearing the cheers of the soldiers coming from the city, the prince hurriedly stood up and looked down the city.

After seeing the teacher and several generals coming, the prince hurriedly ran down.

"Teacher!" The prince respectfully saluted Lu Heng.

Lu Heng picked up the prince and smiled: "Let's go, go up and have a look!" ”

The group went up to the city wall and lined up beside Lu Heng.

Lu Heng stood proudly with his hands behind his back, standing at the head of the city, looking at the empty and lonely world under the city, taking a deep breath, and his mind suddenly broadened a lot.

Under the city, the soldiers were burying their heads in mowing the grass, and in half an hour, a circular isolation zone with a width of two hundred meters had been cleared.

On the side, after seeing this situation, the prince was puzzled, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked Lu Heng: "Teacher, what are they ......?"

"Isolation zone, when the fire burns, avoid burning to Shuofang City!" Lu Heng explained succinctly.

"Fire?" The prince was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he exclaimed: "Fire attack? ”

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